Manager Case Advice
Director · Employee Relations Advisor · Remote · Germany
- Company
- Consumer goods company · 51–200 employeesCL-93047 · based in Neuss
- Where
- Remote · Germany
- Format
- Regular role
- Time needed
- 2–6 h a week
- Start
- Starts next week
- Level
- Director · 10-15 years
- When you work
- Weekday evenings2 h a week overlap with CET
- Language
- English and Germanbusiness level
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About this task
This consumer goods company (51–200 employees) is looking for a director Employee Relations Advisor for an ongoing part-time engagement of 2–6 h a week. Guides a manager through a process in plain steps.
The company wants a senior person on this without carrying the cost of a full-time role. It sells consumer goods through retailers, so planning cycles run to a fixed monthly calendar.
The work is fully remote. Any location in Germany works, with a few hours of overlap with the team's day. Most people do this on weekday evenings; replies inside the working day are not expected. About 2 hours a week should overlap with the team's day (CET).
What you deliver
- Advise managers on performance and conduct cases and record the actions agreed.
- Work logged against the agreed list, so the company contact can see progress without a call
- A short handover note when the engagement pauses or ends
- Questions collected in one thread, answered within one working day
What a week looks like
- Tuesday: pick up the queue and confirm priorities
- Midweek: two short working sessions of one to two hours
- Wednesday: update sent before the company's end of day
Duration: 16 weeks, renewable. Accepted on the company's written OK. If something is missed, you fix it in the same week at no extra charge to either side.
Tools
Who fits
- 10-15 years of hands-on work as an Employee Relations Advisor, or the equivalent mix of roles
- Business-level German as well as English: the documents and part of the team work in German
- Comfortable working in Slack and Zoom
- Your own work history stays private; the company sees a first name, your field and a rate
Nice to have
- Comfortable explaining numbers or decisions to a non-specialist reader
- Experience in a similar industry
Not included
- Work outside the scope written in the brief; extra items are quoted separately
- Anything that needs a signature in your own name unless the brief says so
- Managing other contractors or employees
How you get paid
- The company prepays Deftridge before your first hour, so payment does not depend on a late invoice.
- Deftridge pays you in EUR after the company confirms the hours or the deliverable. The payment date is written in your task agreement.
- You work as an independent contractor: you report your own income, and your recruiter sends the statements your accountant needs.
- You never chase the company. Questions about money go to Deftridge.
What happens after you say you're interested
- Within one working dayA recruiter writes to you to confirm your hours and the rate you want.
- You agree the rateYou and the recruiter fix an exact rate inside the company's range. You decide whether to go ahead.
- With your written OKThe company sees the anonymous profile below. Most companies answer within three working days.
- StartYou sign the task agreement and the company's confidentiality terms through Deftridge, and begin on the date above.
What the company sees about you
First name, field, experience, tools and the hours you offer. Not your surname, your employer or your contact details.
- Experience
- 10-15 years in HR & recruiting
- Tools
- Slack, Zoom
- Offers
- 4 hours a week, weekday evenings
- Rate
- €66 an hour, agreed with the recruiter
How this rate compares
The midpoint of this range, €66 an hour, is above the median director Employee Relations Advisor rate in Germany (€65). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market.
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Questions about pay and privacy
The rules are the same for every task. Pricing explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; How it works covers matching, what the company sees and side work next to a job.
CL-93047 is the Deftridge code for this company. Its name is shared only after you agree to an introduction, and you decide whether to go ahead.